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Via ESPN’s Chris Broussard: Nearly a week after the Indiana Pacers offered talented but controversial guard Lance Stephenson a five-year, $44 million contract, the two sides remain far apart on a deal, according to sources close to the situation. Although his desire is to remain with the Pacers, a disappointed Stephenson began exploring the free-agent [...]

Sources: Kent Bazemore has meetings with the Atlanta Hawks on Monday, the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday and the Boston Celtics on Wednesday. — Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) July 7, 2014 There have been a few reports this off-season about the Celtics interest in Kent Bazemore. I’ll come clean and admit that I don’t know a [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. It seems more and more unlikely that Celtics fans will get to see rookie James Young in action before training camp. He attended the team’s practice Sunday at Edgewater [...]

From the Instagram account of Brian Moughty comes this look at an early design for Anta’s “RR1″-the signature shoe of Celtics’ PG Rajon Rondo. Looks somewhat similar to the current design, with some different materials and the Anta logo high up on the ankle. Thanks to BRich for the tip.. [...]

Kelly Olynyk picked-up right where he left off last summer, dropping 20 points to go with 8 rebounds & 4 steals in Boston’s 85-77 win over the Heat on Saturday. One of the most common “gripes” from Celtics fans about Olynyk has been his lack of size. If Kelly is going to have anything beyond [...]

Back in March the Celtics and the city of Boston welcomed 12 year old Louis Corbett to their city. The team, it’s players, local businesses and the entire city made sure that Louis’ visit to Beantown would be memorable. Louis suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, a disease that causes blindness. Louis’ family wanted him to fill his [...]

The Sporting News’ Sean Devaney is reporting that Larry Bird is seeking offers for Roy Hibbert: After a flurry of rumors dating back a little more than a month, there has not been much to speak of when it comes to the possibility of Indiana moving center Roy Hibbert in a trade. But, according to [...]

In addition to Anthony Morrow & Marvin Williams, Heat is in play for Kris Humphries. Also hearing Wiz, Celtics & Hornets emerging for Kris. — Jared Zwerling (@JaredZwerling) July 6, 2014 Kris Humphries impressed me with his work ethic and production (8.4 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 18 PER) last season but I don’t see a role [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. With the addition of a top-rated defender in Smart to a talented summer league roster, the Celtics turned heads on Saturday with their defensive effort. Miami was [...]

The “Celtics” took to the floor in Orlando today, and the one thing most people were watching for was Marcus Smart’s first taste of pseudo-NBA action. And what he delivered was pretty much what we’ve seen and heard about him all along: he defended well, struggled a bit with his jumper, but his [...]